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A look at how the artistic vision of Patti Smith was one of the things that popularised punk culture, where that vision came ...
While riding the waves of success, New Jersey punk poet Patti Smith was struck with a need to cease operations lest her art ...
Patti Smith hadn't dared to dream of being a rockstar until she was put in front of one of the all-time greats, coming face-to-face with Jim Morrison.
Patti Smith is speaking from a pasture in Brittany, France, she explains by way of apology at the beginning of a recent phone conversation. The musician, poet, memoirist and activist is about an ...
Music At the Anthem, Patti Smith’s power and passions still have potency. The pioneering singer demonstrated her unwavering commitment to several causes and concerns, including D.C. statehood ...
The last time Patti Smith performed in Los Angeles was March 6, 2020, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. COVID-19 was a dark cloud hanging over our heads.
Poets Dylan Thomas and Patti Smith were mentioned in Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” After the album’s April 19, 2024, release, the ...
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Patti Smith was “moved” by the sweet shout-out from Taylor Swift for her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The influential singer, 77, took to Instagram over the weekend ...
Patti Smith wants fans to know she's "fine" after making headlines for an onstage collapse at a concert Wednesday. Smith was at the Cultura Artística Theater in São Paulo, Brazil when she ...
Amanda Petrusich writes about a trip Patti Smith took to La Casa Azul, the former home of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, where Smith took a series of photographs, now on exhibit as part of “Wing ...